For Lily s residency project, she and Kristina have been exploring the ongoing changes within the BPDA, as well as ways to empower community members throughout
Last week’s decision from the Massachusetts Appeals Court was hailed by community advocates as a crucial victory in the fight to keep Chinatown’s row house district one of the last untouched corners of a neighborhood that, like so many other pockets of Boston, has been roiled by gentrification safe and affordable.
Activists are trying to create a community land trust in Chinatown in an effort to preserve affordable housing. But Chinatown couldn't be any more different than the original community land trust in Boston.